6 out of 10 people over 65 years old want to continue working...12.1% point increase in 10 years = South Korea

The legal retirement age in South Korea is 60 years old, but a survey found that among seniors aged 65 to 79, who are much older than this age, 6 out of 10 want to continue working. In fact, over the past year, the elderly
Nearly 19% of respondents had made an effort to find a job. According to the Korea Employment Information Service's employment trend brief 'Economic activities and retirement preparation for the elderly population' on the 3rd, the
According to the National Statistics Agency's Economic Activity Population Survey on the Elderly Population Survey, the percentage of people aged 65 to 79 who wish to continue working was 55.7%.
The National Statistics Agency releases the results of the survey on the addition of elderly groups based on the age group of 55 to 79, but the Employment Information Service's Kan.
Full-time researcher MIN JEONG reanalyzed the data using the age standard for elderly people, 65 years and older, and introduced it in this report.
The percentage of people aged 65 to 79 who continue to work increased by 0.9 percentage points from the survey conducted in May last year (54.8%).
Well, compared to 10 years ago in 2013 (43.6%), it increased by 12.1 percentage points. In terms of gender, men (65.4%) were more likely to want to continue working than women (47.3%) and
The higher the educational background, the more respondents said they wanted to continue working. The most common reason for wanting to continue working was ``To earn a living/I need money,'' at 52.2%, and ``I want to continue working as long as my health allows.''
38.0% of respondents answered, ``I want to work for a living/I want to work for the fun of working.'' The lower the educational background, the more likely the elderly were to work for economic reasons.
In fact, as of May, 18.6% of people aged 65 to 79 had looked for a job in the past year. Last year (19.2
%), but significantly increased from 11.7% 10 years ago. 18.9% of men and 18.4% of women have experience looking for a job, and the lower the educational background, the higher the rate of experience looking for a job.
It was. Although the number of older people who want to work continues to increase, and the rate of economic activity among older people is also rising, the employment environment for the elderly is relatively poor.
According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor's 2022 Survey on Labor Situation by Employment Type, the total monthly working hours of non-regular workers aged 60 and over
This was 114.6 hours, which was more than the total number of non-regular workers (111.7 hours). However, the total wage per hour is 16,575 won (approximately 1,877 yen), and the total hourly wage is 16,575 won (approximately 1,877 yen).
Won (approximately 1,951 yen)). Researcher Kang said, ``The idea is to provide income preservation effects by providing jobs to low-educated elderly people and elderly people in later stages of life who are likely to become eligible for elderly support.''
``We must increase the level of economic independence by increasing the age of participants in social contribution activities support projects for new middle-aged people,'' and proposed measures such as increasing the age of participants in social contribution activities support programs for new middle-aged people, and maintaining an appropriate level of public-interest jobs.